WEBVTT BRANDI PETERSEN. PERHAPS YOU CAN BLAME IT ON FORGETFULLNESS...BECAUSE YOU'D THINK MOST WOULD KNOW YOU CAN'T BRING A SIX-INCH KNIFE ON AN AIRPLANE. YET IT HAPPENS ... OVER AND OVER. AND AGAIN THIS YEAR, THE SECURITY TEAM AT OMAHA'S EPPLEY AIRFIELD SHOWS US WHAT HOLIDAY TRAVLERS LEFT BEHIND. EXCLUSIVE FROM THE EPPLEY AIRFIELD CHECKPOINT-- HERE'S K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN I-TEAM INVESTIGATOR DAVID EARL. (This knife)(This is a wrench) IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF 20-13(The purple taser )(A vegetable slicer) ...PASSENGERS ABANDONED BINLOADS OF BELONGINGS AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD CHECKPOINTS.(A putter)(This is a very eclectic and diverse display) ALL OF WHICH TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AGENTS DEEMED TOO DANGEROUS FOR A PLANE.(Robert Marcell: If it is a dangerous item, they'll give you your options.) YOU COULD TAKE IT TO YOUR CAR OR THROW IT AWAY (Paul Ross: You can also put it in your checked bag) BUT AGENTS WILL ONLY COLLECT AN ITEM ONLY IF A PASSENGER DECIDES TO LEAVE IT. ALL THIS ENDS UP IN THE OFFICE OF NEBRAKSA T-S-A DIRECTOR PAUL ROSS. THEN IT BECOMES HIS JOB TO SEND IT OFF, WHERE PRIVATE CONTRACTOR DESTROYS EVERY ITEM LEFT BEHIND.(Paul Ross, TSA Federal Security Director: We don't keep anything. And we don't sell anything for a profit. Or make any money off of it or anything like that.)(David Earl, KETV NewsWatch 7: And we just got the numbers from the TSA at Eppley Airfield. For 2013, more than 3000 pounds voluntarily surrendered by passengers at two checkpoints here.) THE TREND IS FLAT YEAR-TO-YEAR. BUT WE ASKED T-S-A AGENT ROBERT MARCELL WHAT WEIRD THINGS HE'S SEEN AT SCREENING SUPER HERE(Robert Marcell, TSA Officer: I supposed the strangest things we see are usually related to like vehicle car parts that sort of thing) AND SOMETIMES THOSE PARTS GIVE PAUSE(On an X-Ray, that's a pipe bomb.) OR SEND A WARNING. LIKE THIS AIRSOFT GUN.(Robert Marcell: As you can see if you were to just pull this out it does in fact look a great deal like a real firearm.) FROM FIREARMS TO FASHION. THESE HIGH HEELS, DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE SKY THIS YEAR.(It doesn't take much to file this to a very, very sharp point.) FREQUENT FLIER PAUL ROMINE LAUGHED WHEN WE TOLD HIM ABOUT THOSE SHARP SHOES. HE SAYS HE WANTS MORE FREEDOM (For me, I just wish it could like a train station where you could just walk in and hop on the thing, but I understand the security concerns.)(I want my mom to get on that plane in Omaha to wherever she's going. And I want her to arrive there safely.) AND DAY AFTER DAY IN 20-13 - FROM FLIGHTS LEAVING EPPLEY, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. IN OMAHA. DAVID EARL. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. THE T-S-A SAYS THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO TO AVOID HAVING TO ABANDON YOUR BELONGINGS.. ARRIVE EARLY, AND CHECK THE LIST OF PROHIBITED ITEMS ON T-S-A-DOT-GOV.